Important note
DirectAdmin should be fully installed within 20 minutes, Do not restart or turn off your VPS until installation is complete.
What is DirectAdmin?
DirectAdmin is a graphical web-based web hosting control panel allowing administration of websites through a web browser. The software is configurable to enable standalone, reseller, and shared web hosting from a single instance. DirectAdmin also permits managment of server tasks and upgrades to package software (such as Apache HTTPS server, and MySQL) from within the control panel - simplifying server hosting configuration.
Supported distributions
- AlmaLinux 8
- Debian 12
- Ubuntu 20.04
How to deploy DirectAdmin
Peramix marketplace allows you to easily deploy DirectAdmin on Cloud VPS hosting in 1 click as mentioned below:
- Select the cloud VPS plan that meets your workload requirements.
- Under deploy your image, search for DirectAdmin.
- Select DirectAdmin image that fits your needs.
- Select DirectAdmin License that fits your needs.
- Configure your cloud VPS as needed then click continue.
- Complete the payment process.
- DirectAdmin should be fully installed within 20 minutes, Do not restart or turn off your VPS server until DirectAdmin installation is complete.
How to verify installation is complete
To verify that the installation is complete:
- Connect remotely to your VPS, You can use our guide to connect remotely to your Cloud VPS on Linux and windows
- Check log file robot.log & directadmin -install.log to get login details . you can use the command line at your terminal (tail -f /var/log/directadmin-install.log)
How to start after deployment
DirectAdmin is the core interface for managing your server and all websites , To access DirectAdmin:
- Open your browser and navigate to https://<server-IP>:2222.
- Click continue to pass browser ssl security check as mentioned on the below image
- Then you will be redirected to DirectAdmin login page.Insert username admin and set admin password (You can get admin password from directadmin -install.log (tail -f /var/log/directadmin-install.log)
- Then you will be redirected to DirectAdmin as shown on the below mentioned image
Support details
DirectAdmin is supported by: DirectAdmin
Support URL: https://directadmin.com/support.php
https://forum.directadmin.com/
Additional resources
Server management
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